"If custody is not entrusted to the father at this stage, there is a real possibility of the child growing up without forming any emotional bond
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"Merely because an employee is acquitted in a criminal trial, he cannot be ipso facto reinstated in service... Merely the facts of acquittal in a criminal
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"Initiation of CIRP is nothing more than the use of the IBC as a recovery mechanism. We will term it as an abuse of the process,"
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"In order to ensure the child’s physical, emotional and psychological well being, his educational prospects and the age of the paternal grand parents, we found appropriate
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Jharkhand High Court, in a significant ruling, held that the delay in passing a preventive detention order under the PIT-NDPS Act must be reckoned from
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"The plan need not be elaborate, nor is long interval of time required, it could arise and be formed suddenly either by their words or their
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"The word 'require' means 'to be in need of'. So there must be element of need in demanding vacant possession from the tenant for the purpose
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"Legislature has not incorporated in Section 3 (2) (e) of the Act of 1984 a ‘catch all’ clause when it comes to all categories of ‘Public Properties’
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"Intent of respondent no. 2 is, therefore, writ large of only scandalising and lowering the image of these Judicial Officers in the general public, thereby lowering
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"It cannot be over-emphasized that the pension and other benefits, is a lifeline for the survival of the person, who retires from the service. Moreover, delay
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"Remaining absent for a long time cannot be said to be a minor misconduct. The entire conduct of the Petitioner shows that she was never interested
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"After partition, each party gets a separate and distinct share and this share becomes their self-acquired property and they have absolute rights over it and they
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"Review petitioners-State is placing the Draft Rules dated 10.04.2026, which is yet to be born... for all practical purposes, there is no Rules as on today
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"When all the circumstances are taken cumulatively, they form a complete and unbroken chain leading only to the guilt of the appellants", Delhi High Court, in
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"Until the Constitutional Validity of Section 15(1) is finally determined by the Division Bench of this Court, the estate of the Deceased cannot be depleted", Bombay
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"Employee cannot be made to suffer for defaults of the employer or for deficiencies in record maintenance by the authority itself. The system of maintaining records
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"Balance of interest, in the facts of case, clearly tilts in favour of protecting the legitimacy and rights of the child rather than permitting a
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"Expression 'any rule of law, statute or enactment' in Section 3 of the Government Grants Act is of the widest amplitude and admits of no
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"Nature of this power is not administrative in the ordinary sense but partakes the character of a legislative function, involving the declaration of municipal limits
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"A transfer is a matter of administrative convenience within the same service, whereas a change in cadre entails a reconfiguration of the employee’s service identity
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"Initiation of CIRP is nothing more than the use of the IBC as a recovery mechanism. We will term it as an abuse of the process,"
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"Expression 'any rule of law, statute or enactment' in Section 3 of the Government Grants Act is of the widest amplitude and admits of no
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"Nature of this power is not administrative in the ordinary sense but partakes the character of a legislative function, involving the declaration of municipal limits
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"A transfer is a matter of administrative convenience within the same service, whereas a change in cadre entails a reconfiguration of the employee’s service identity
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"The petitioners... seem to have shown extreme lack of solicitude for the rule of law and aggravated the contempt already committed by acting in wilful and
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"Being a judgment in rem, a person, who is aggrieved thereby and having had no knowledge about the proceedings and proper citations having not been made,
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"For amputees, a prosthetic limb would get them closest to the life experienced, before the onset of their disability. The device, apart from empowering them,
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"Government would not be justified in seeking to wipe out transactions that are decades-old so as to claim title over lands that are now in the
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"Evidence on record is to be measured for quality, not on the basis of quantity. If the testimony is of 'sterling quality', resting a conviction thereon would
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"Rights of prisoners with disabilities must be recognised and effectuated in a manner that accords with a humane, rights-based approach, ensuring that incarceration does not, in any
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"Summary disposal of the claim in the presence of triable issues cannot be sustained, and we are constrained to hold that the foreign judgment falls foul of
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"A road, particularly a high-speed Expressway, must not become a corridor of peril due to administrative lethargy or infrastructural gaps," Supreme Court,
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"Doctrine of estoppel cannot grant a shield to the respondent, saving them from paying the appellant’s hard-earned dues-money, which is not just handed out but given
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"Rejection of a plaint under Order VII Rule 11(b) or (c) is not automatic upon a finding of undervaluation or deficit court fee; rather, it
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"When a report of a DNA test conducted on the direction of a court, was available on record and was in conflict with the presumption of conclusive
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"What cannot be done directly cannot be done indirectly... If the submissions advanced on behalf of the appellant were to be accepted, it would permit
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"Lack of eligibility goes to the root of the matter and appointment, wrongly made, cannot be sustained once the factum of ineligibility, on the relevant date,
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"A mere entry in the list of properties maintained by the MCD cannot, by itself, constitute a valid proof of title over the subject land."
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"Act of carrying a pending judicial controversy into the public domain in a manner that tends to sensationalise the proceedings or scandalise the institution or
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"Appropriate relief for a legal representative to challenge an arbitral award is under Section 34 of the Arbitration Act and not under Article 227 of
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"If custody is not entrusted to the father at this stage, there is a real possibility of the child growing up without forming any emotional bond
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"Merely because an employee is acquitted in a criminal trial, he cannot be ipso facto reinstated in service... Merely the facts of acquittal in a criminal
read more
"In order to ensure the child’s physical, emotional and psychological well being, his educational prospects and the age of the paternal grand parents, we found appropriate
read more
Jharkhand High Court, in a significant ruling, held that the delay in passing a preventive detention order under the PIT-NDPS Act must be reckoned from
read more
"The plan need not be elaborate, nor is long interval of time required, it could arise and be formed suddenly either by their words or their
read more
"The word 'require' means 'to be in need of'. So there must be element of need in demanding vacant possession from the tenant for the purpose
read more
"Legislature has not incorporated in Section 3 (2) (e) of the Act of 1984 a ‘catch all’ clause when it comes to all categories of ‘Public Properties’
read more
"Intent of respondent no. 2 is, therefore, writ large of only scandalising and lowering the image of these Judicial Officers in the general public, thereby lowering
read more
"It cannot be over-emphasized that the pension and other benefits, is a lifeline for the survival of the person, who retires from the service. Moreover, delay
read more
"Remaining absent for a long time cannot be said to be a minor misconduct. The entire conduct of the Petitioner shows that she was never interested
read more
"After partition, each party gets a separate and distinct share and this share becomes their self-acquired property and they have absolute rights over it and they
read more
"Review petitioners-State is placing the Draft Rules dated 10.04.2026, which is yet to be born... for all practical purposes, there is no Rules as on today
read more
"When all the circumstances are taken cumulatively, they form a complete and unbroken chain leading only to the guilt of the appellants", Delhi High Court, in
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"Until the Constitutional Validity of Section 15(1) is finally determined by the Division Bench of this Court, the estate of the Deceased cannot be depleted", Bombay
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"Employee cannot be made to suffer for defaults of the employer or for deficiencies in record maintenance by the authority itself. The system of maintaining records
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"Balance of interest, in the facts of case, clearly tilts in favour of protecting the legitimacy and rights of the child rather than permitting a
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"Statutory obligation of the father to maintain his minor child under Section 125 CrPC is absolute... The contention that the mother is also earning does
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"If a person has an intention to commit an offence or cause death of any person but kills one whose death he never intended to
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Bombay High Court, in a significant ruling, held that exports of white refined sugar made under specific government permission cannot be categorized as "restricted" or "prohibited"
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"The subsequent conduct of changing stand from 'never had any transaction' to 'transaction pertains to present dispute' shows prima facie dishonest intention on the part of
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In the contemporary landscape of the Indian criminal justice system, DNA profiling has transitioned from a "novelty" to the "gold standard" of forensic evidence. However, for
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Possession is the law’s most practical concept. Before a court reaches the higher question—“who is the owner?”—it often asks the simpler, urgent question—“who is in possession, and
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Appreciating evidence in civil litigation requires adherence to strict principles under the Indian Evidence Act, the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC), and binding judicial precedents. Courts
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In the world of law, the doctrine of Res Judicata serves as a cornerstone for upholding judicial efficiency and finality. Res judicata, meaning "a matter already judged,"
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"Copyright law, a delicate balance of protecting creativity while fostering innovation." – Indian Judiciary- Introduction: Safeguarding Creativity Through the Copyright Act
In a world
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In the Indian legal system, judgments play a crucial role in shaping jurisprudence and guiding future cases. These judgments can be classified into two primary categories: reportable and non-reportable.
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